I'm far from skilled when it comes to alchoholic drinks. So far though, the only beer I've found drinkable is also the only non-US beer I've tried. Guinness. Don't let it get warm though. If it is something with food though, set me up with a good semi-dry red wine of some sort

ahhhhh with food of the grilled nature i prefer a good mini brewery beer... sam adams has got some good stuff right now i have their winter ale.....i also like bass and harp, very nice and light to wash down burgers or brats..... for steak i would prefer a nice merlot..... fish or chicken i really like cold sauvignon blanc..... mmmmmmm

i will not desecrate a guinness with food that to me is a sit down and drinking beer enjoyed strictly on its own merits.

evening sippers.... in the winter i prefer warm brandy in a small snifter, presently i am drinking korbel x/tra smooth... in the summer i like jamesons irish whiskey......

footnote... this makes me sound like i imbibe heavily but actually i probably average about 2-3 drinks a week including beer.... sometimes more but that is where it would average. i drink only for the pure enjoyment it adds to some foods or to an evening of relaxing....

Here is a drink that has roots long ago and far away....it takes some time to make but it is well worth the wait!!!

Recipe Name: SHRUB Category: SPIRITS Serves: 12

SOURCE OLD HAND WRITTEN RECIPE FROM 18TH CENTURY ARCHIEVE

two quarts of brandy juice of five lemons the peels of two half a nutmeg three pints of white wine pound and a half of sugar

Take two quarts of brandy, and put it in a large bottle, adding to it the juice of five lemons, the peels of two, and half a nutmeg; stop it up, let it stand three days, and add to it three pints of white wine, and a pound and a half of sugar; mix it, strain it twice through a flannel, and bottle it up. It is a pretty wine, and a cordial.

I read on the net today that a glass of malt whisky is actually better for your health than red wine! It has much more anti-oxidants and can help keep from developing cancer. Remarkable! I don't drink the stuff, but I might try! Wonder how many calories that would be?